PREVIOUS WINNERS
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The Lifetime Achievement Award 2007 John Grisham 2006 Jamie Oliver 2005 Sir John Mortimer 2004 Sir David Attenborough 2003 Alan Bennett 2002 Mark Barty-King 2001 Ernest Hecht 2000 Spike Milligan 1999 Maeve Binchy 1998 Jilly Cooper 1997 Paul Scherer 1996 Wilbur Smith 1995 Delia Smith 1994 Catherine Cookson 1993 Dr. D.G.Hessayon Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year 2007 The Interpretation of Murder Jed Rubenfeld (Headline Review) 2006 Labyrinth Kate Mosse (Orion) 2005 Cloud Atlas David Mitchell (Sceptre) 2004 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold (Picador) The Book of the Year 2007 The Dangerous Book for Boys Con & Hal Iggulden (Harpercollins 2006 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince JK Rowling (Bloomsbury) 2005 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown (Corgi) 2004 Eats, Shoots & Leaves Lynne truss (Profile) 2003 Stupid White Men Michael Moore (Penguin) 2002 Billy Pamela Stephenson (HarperCollins) 2001 Man and Boy Tony Parsons (HarperCollins) 2000 Managing My Life Alex Ferguson (Hodder & Stoughton) 1999 Birthday Letters Ted Hughes (Faber & Faber) 1998 Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding (Picador) 1997 Longitude Dava Sobel (Fourth Estate) 1996 Delia Smith's Winter Collection (BBC Books) 1995 Writing Home Alan Bennett (Faber & Faber) 1994 Wild Swans Jung Chang (Flamingo) The Author of the Year 2007 - Richard Dawkins 2006 - Alan Bennett 2005 Sheila Hancock 2004 Alexander McCall Smith 2003 Sarah Waters 2002 Philip Pullman 2001 Nigella Lawson 2000 J K Rowling 1999 Beryl Bainbridge 1998 Louis de Bernieres 1997 Bill Bryson 1996 Salman Rushdie 1995 Sebastian Faulks 1994 Roddy Doyle 1993 Andrew Morton 1992 Peter Mayle 1991 Peter Ackroyd 1990 HRH, Prince of Wales The Children's Book of the Year 2007 Flanimals of the Deep Ricky Gervais (Faber & Faber) 2006 Ark Angel Anthony Horowitz (Walker Books) 2005 The Gruffalo's Child Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (Macmillan Children's Books) 2004 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon (David Fickling) 2003 Girls in Tears Jacqueline Wilson (Corgi Children's) 2002 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer (Viking/Puffin) 2001 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman (Scholastic) 2000 The Illustrated Mum Jacqueline Wilson (Doubleday) 1999 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J K Rowling (Bloomsbury) 1998 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J K Rowling (Bloomsbury) 1997 Northern Lights Philip Pullman (Scholastic) 1996 The Hutchinson treasury of Children's Literature ed Alison Sage (Hutchinson) The Children's Author of the Year 1995 Allan & Janet Ahlberg 1994 Anne Fine 1993 Raymond Briggs 1992 Dick King-Smith 1991 Anne Fine 1990 Roald Dahl The Illustrated Children's Book of the Year 1995 The Most Amazing Pop-Up Science Book Jay Young (Watts Books) 1994 Mummy Laid an Egg Babette Cole (Jonathan Cape) 1993 Penguin Small Mick Inkpen (Hodder) 1992 Farmer Duck Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books) 1991 The Mousehole Cat Nicola Bayley (Walker Books)
The Illustrated Book of the Year |
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The Biography of the Year 2007 The Sound of Laughter Peter Kay (Century) 2006 Sharon Osbourne Extreme Sharon Osbourne (Time Warner) 2005 My Life Bill Clinton (Hutchinson) 2004 Toast Nigel Slater (Fourth Estate) 2003 Churchill Roy Jenkins (Pan) The Popular Fiction Award 2006 Anybody Out There Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph) 2006 The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger (Vintage) The Literary Fiction Award 2005 Cloud Atlas David Mitchell (Sceptre) 2004 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon (Jonathan Cape) The History Book of the Year 2005 William Pitt the Younger William Hague (HarperCollins) 2004 Stalin Simon Sebag Montefiore (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) The Sports Book of the Year 2007 Gerrard: My Autobiography Steven Gerrard (Bantam) 2006 Being Freddie Andrew Flintoff (Hodder & Stoughton) 2005 Gazza: My Story Paul Gascoigne (Headline) 2004 Martin Johnson: The Autobiography (Headline) |
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The Audiobook of the Year 2004 Forgotten Voices of the Great War Max Arthur (Random House) 2003 Series of Unfortunate Events written by Lemony Snicket, read by Tim Curry (Collins) 2002 The Laying on of Hands written & read by Alan Bennett (BBC Radio Collection) The Crime Thriller of the Year 2007 The Naming of the Dead Ian Rankin (Orion) 2006 The Take Martina Cole (Headline) 2005 Fleshmarket Close Ian Rankin
The deciBel Writer of the Year
The Fastest Selling Biography of All Time
The Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year Merric Davidson, PO Box 60, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2ZR Tel/Fax 01580 212041 email: bba@mdla.co.uk |